Taking a brief step away from prepping my feature At The Maple Grove, I wrote up a quick script for a fun little movie, grabbed a camera and shot a short film last weekend with some of the actors who will be in Maple Grove.

The cast en route to location

Chip Godwin, Matt Micucci, Michael Silva, Marielle Vigneau-Britt & Alison Zatta play a group of strangers who climb the Music Box Steps together, and one by one each breaks out into song before reaching the top.

Matt Micucci, Chip Godwin & Alison Zatta rehearse their arrivals

Matt Micucci chewing gum and taking in the steps

Michael Silva & Marielle Vigneau-Britt

Rehearsing on the steps

Rehearsing the ending

Christopher Zatta, wearing too many hats

Marielle Vigneau-Britt, Chip Godwin, Christopher Zatta & Matt Micucci

That's a wrap

These steps were originally made famous in the 1932 film "The Music Box," in which Laurel & Hardy attempt to deliver a piano.